ofer-brǽdan
to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over ⬩ to overspread, put a covering over
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to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over Ðæt land biþ eal unnyt swá se fiicbeám hit oferbrǽt, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 13-15. Oferbrǽdeþ, Met, 7, 13.
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grafet
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An excavation, a trench Of ðám crundele on ðæt lange grauet; of ðám lange grafette, C. D. v. 193, 34. Tó ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195, 5-7.
West-Wixan
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The people of some district in England West-Wixna landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20
eást-Wille
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The people of some district in England Eást-Wlla landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 29
-fæst
unsteady, unsteadfast
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unsteady, unsteadfast
Iotas
The Jutes
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The Anglo-Saxon version of Bede, i. 15, has Geat for Iot, but in 4, 16 Iutorum provincia is rendered Eota land. See Grimm. Gesch. D. S. 511 sqq
scírig-mann
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In another charter the same person is mentioned, but without the title: a grant of land is made by Ethelred to Winchester 'ofer Wulfsiges dæg preóstes,' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi 135.
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eástan
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Add: marking direction of movement Forð oferfóran folcmǽro land eástan ǽfæste men, Gen. 1802. Eástan hider Engle and Seaxe úp becómon, Chr. 973; P. 110, 3. Gotan eástan of Sciðþia sceldas lǽddon, Met. 1, 1: Víd. 8. <b>I a.
fore-weard
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Tó ꝥ forewearde ꝥ æfter his dæi scolde ꝥ land in tó þe minstre, 852; P. 65, 22.] Dele ', an ', and add:
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súþ-fór
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Gif hiora óðrum oððe bǽm súðfo[r] gelimpe, biscop ðæt lond gebycge swá hié ðonne geweorðe if it happen that one or both go to Rome, the bishop shall buy the land as shall then be agreed between them, Txts. 442, 20. [In C.
FÆST
FAST, fixed, firm, stiff; solid, constant, fortified ⬩ fixus, firmus, sŏlĭdus, constans, mūnītus
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On fæstum landum on stiff lands, 36, 1; Lchdm. i. 134, 18. On ðam weorce fæste in ŏpĕre isto constantes, Jos. 9, 27. Seó burh wæs fæst the city was fortified, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 19.
inn
In ⬩ within
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Ðæt land beág ðǽr súþryhte oððe seó sǽ in on ðæt land, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 18. Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine next day he ordered them all three in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 18.
á-rǽran
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Gif se hláford him wile ꝥ land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole if the lord want to raise the rent of the land for him by exacting work as well as payment, 146, 4. to extol Up áhefde, árǽrde extollit, An. Ox. 2425.
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hruse
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Þonne God lǽteð hrúsan syllan bléda beornum, Rún. 12. the world we live in. dry land as opposed to sea Ic holmmægne biþeaht hrúsan styrge, Rä. 3, 9. earth as opposed to the material heaven Sé ðe heofon worhte, hrúsan swylce, Ps.
under-wedd
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Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes æt Beorhaóðe and ic gesealde hym áne gyrde landes tó underwedde, Cht. Crw. 9, 119. Add
welig
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Add Hié gemyndgiað ðára weligera (welegra, v.l. ) ðe lange striéndon, and lytle hwíle brucon, Past. 333, 15. v. ofer-, weorold-welig
cirlisc
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I. add Gif ceorlisc man (ceorl, v. l. ) geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe. v. hída landes, Ll. Th. i. 1 88, 5
hláford-swice
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Treachery to a lord, treason Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against
þeóstre
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On óþre healfe ys þýstre land, Shm. 120, 20. Ða fúlnessa ðæs ðystran ofnes foetorem tenebrosae fornacis, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21. Under ðam scúwan ðære ðýstran nihte sub nocte per umbras, S. 628, 15.
grund
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</b> a portion of cultivated land :-- Se God sé þás grundas geworhte geunne ús grówende gife ꝥ ús corna gehwylc cume tó nytte, Lch. i. 404, ii. v. eár-grung, eormen-grund, hell-grund